Franklin Ghost Town
Last Saturday we went down to the river to enjoy the nice weather and throw some rocks. Eli really likes throwing rocks into the river and Luna quite enjoyed herself as well. He could have stayed all day Luna seems to really like the water Sometimes throwing rocks is a little dirty Josh had Monday off for President's day. We decided to check out a local ghost town called Franklin. We didn't realize until we got there that you can't actually see the town. It is on private land and they have "No Trespassing" signs posted. What you can see is the old mine and the cemetery. It would have been nice to see the town but what we could see was pretty cool. Coal cart marking the trail The mine shaft is over 1,300 feet deep My two fellas The views of Mt Rainier were pretty great The tombstones were scattered about the hillside. We thought this was an old mine cart rail but afterward Josh read that it actually held the pip...